Chelsea legend Nevin told Radio Five Live: “In all my years watching, playing, commentating on football, I have never met another individual who is so clearly cut out to be a manager.

“No one is a certainty to be a success in that job, but he’s as close as you can get, in my eyes, as an absolute stick-on.

“He’s got absolutely everything you need. Right down to that ‘aura’ that people talk about. Very few have it. He’s spectacular.

“It’s amazing because another one of the things that we’ve talked about in the past: his demeanour, his attitude, his personality with those around the club is diametrically opposite to the way he’s seen outside it.

John Terry Chelsea

“If you don’t know him, don’t make a guess of what he’s going to be like — you’ll get it wrong.”

Terry has been working on his coaching badges for a number of years, with Chelsea allowing him to spend time in their academy system.

He clearly has vast knowledge to pass on, as a man with over 700 club appearances to his name and 78 caps for England.